Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Forum

After listening to the 42nd album of buckethead I own(The Elephant Man\'s Alarm Clock) I am still wondering how he gets his guitar to perform the high pitched screams that just make your hair stand on end.  I would give a example except I don\'t have access to any of it right now cause I\'m not home.  But it is used excessively on this album. Anyways I was wondering if anyone knew if it is a effect or whatnot that gives the guitar that high scream.  If no one answers I\'ll give an example when I get one of the cds.

I don\'t know yet cause I haven\'t received the record yet (it shouldn\'t take long) but what you describe may sound like a whammy pedal to me. I\'ll try to figure it out as soon as I\'ve got the CD. Give us an precise example anyway, it always helps.

I have a fulltone whammy pedal and I\'ve experimented with the tone setting and I still can\'t find that sound.  A couple examples are in "Bird With A Hole In The Stomach" right at 2:39.  Also in "Baseball Furies" when he builds up at about 1:13.  Hopefully this helps, but thanks anyway.

its a pinch harmonic i would say... didn t listen to it but this should be it...

I believe bucket uses a whammy from digitech.
Might be some difference between the brands?

Thanks pinch I\'ll look into trying to actually do a pinch harmonic, and that would make sense on how the sound is so high.  And Mr-B that is the whammy he uses but its not really a whammy sound.

It\'s a pitch shifter surely?

And Bucketbot1031 is he not just bending the strings at those points? They\'re not particularly high pitched.

Yo Bucketbot1031, at around 2:39 in "Bird with a Hole", he does one of those bends where ya bend ultra high, so it goes past your standard step...I think...and in Baseball Furies, at about 1:13, he\'s got the Envelope Filter in full effect...I think...rock on.

I\'ve just received my copy, so now I can try to find what it is.

In Bird, it\'s just a bend as Cheapsk8 said.

In Baseball, it\'s a kind of bend called unison bend where you strike two notes simultaneously and bend the lower note to the pitch of the higher.

e--------12---------
b--------15---------

In the case above, you bend the note at the 15th fret while holding the note at the 12th fret. Maybe add just a bit of wah (but it\'s not necesaary) and you should nail that sound.

Thanks guys, i\'ll try it out and let you know

old deli creeps stuff he used to have a dicterphone and play a women screaming on his pick ups for that effect

QuoteI believe bucket uses a whammy from digitech.
Might be some difference between the brands?

adrian belew also uses one of these..and the guitar player from drums and tuba.